Jumping

My mother in law got this jumping bouncy house for my kids for Christmas and they LOVE it. It is inflatable...so it is soft if he falls down. It is about 4 feet tall, by 5 feet wide, and is very cute! She bought it on etoys.com. It is only $24.99. Here is a link...maybe this will distract him, and you wont have to worry about him getting hurt! My son is 2 (sept) and they love to jump off furniture, tables, beds, you name it. I think it is definately more of a boy thing than a girl thing. My daughter who is almost 4, is starting it now because she sees her brother. At 2 she never did that! Crazy kids!! :) Good luck...if you have any other questions, let me know :)

http://www.etoys.com/genProduct.html/PID/4199279/ctid/17/...

K.

That's a boy through and through. My daughter is 21 months and she is doing the same thing...testing her balancing skills. It's kind of how they get better...by challenging themselves.

Maybe get a mini ball pit, the pop up kind and set aside jumping time. Or maybe go to a gym class where the floor is matted and have it be jumping time there.

N W KIDS CLUB

The Ultimate Indoor Park for Children 7 and Under!
7,000 sq ft of FUN!

OPENING AUGUST 3, 2007
***Hours 10am - 5pm 7 days a week***

Location: 1810 Freeway Ct. NE, Salem, Oregon
(Behind the Newport Bay Restaurant off of Market St. /Hawthorne Ave)

Birthday Party Pkgs / All Day Play $5.50 /
Memberships $99./year / Group Rates / Special Events / Private Parties…

FREE FOR ADULTS …ADULTS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CHILD.

Slides / 20’x20’ Sand Box / Club Houses / Infant Area /
Inflatable Bouncer / Riding Toys / Tea Cup / Snack Bar and much more…

for more information www.nwkidsclub.net

I can certainly understand being concerned with this, so there are two things I would say about it. 1) I see that you are a single mom like me and one thing about that is that the boy doesn't have his dad around as much for the "rough stuff" like wrestling and things like that. There have been studies about how it is important for kids to have time with their dads to play because mothers naturally do not play as rough with the kids and little boys actually NEED that kind of stuff- it's good for them. Since he has less of this he probably plays a little rougher sometimes with you than you would like and does stuff like jumping off of furniture. This is totally normal for boys at this age- my son is a little nutty too.
2) However, as you said sometimes it can get nerve-wracking and if you feel that he is pushing it you need to be firm and set boundries as to what he is permitted to do. This goes for more than just jumping off of stuff, but for anything like this. If you tell him to stop and he doesn't listen it is very important to be consistant and make sure that he understands that "no means no". At this age they are testing their limits and he has to understand that you are in charge of keeping him safe. If you tell him to stop and he doesn't, I would tell him that if he does it again he is going to get a time out and then FOLLOW UP and do it. Keep being consistant until he understands that he is not allowed to jump off of something unless you say it is OK. My son used to try and get on the coffee table to jump off, but I would pull him off and say no and if he tried it again he would go to time out, which he hates. At bedtime, after he puts on his PJ's he always askes me if he can jump off is bed and I say OK and let him jump off of it a bunch of times onto his carpeted floor. How bad could he hurt himself doing that?
So I guess it's like saying "everything in moderstion" but he has to understand that you are the boss and if you say he can't do something he is going to have to accept that. Also, when he tries to "go right back" you could always grab him before he gets to it and sit him in time out then so he understands that you are not playing around. Good luck!

Hi S.. I have to tell you my sn is going through the same thing. He wants to climb and jump and all sorts of things. His biggest thing now though is to stand up in chairs and rock back and forth. It is defintely a phase and you just have to let it go. He will stop, and he will probably hurt himself first. The messed up thing is that you kind of have to let him. I'm not saying stop caring about what your kid does...let me give you an example. when your child first starts to walk, they fall, hit their faces, their butts, run into things....you know what I mean. But you didn't try to stop them from walking right? You let them keep getting up because you knew that was the only way they were ever going to learn....Boy, I hope this helps you. I know my son thinks he can stand up in the chairs, if I ttell him to get down he laughs...until I stand up. Then he sits down real quick. Maybe you could just try to be a little more forceful with your boundries. Well, best wishes and good luck!

it's not something that you will really be able to stop so maybe you can redirect it. take a time during the day to build a pillow stack for him to jump onto from the coach. Or get him a small tramploline. They have those blow up ball pits that are good nd bouncy inside. Find a wway to let him get it out in a safe manner and just try and teach him time and place.